Sinitic languages
group of East Asian analytic languages and a major branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family
The Sinitic languages, also called the "Chinese languages", are a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken mainly in China. Some think there is a split between Sinitic languages and the rest of the family (Tibeto-Burman languages), but many researchers now do not agree with this.[1] Because of this, the Sinitic languages are simply Sino-Tibetan languages that are seen as varieties of Chinese. Many think Chinese is one language with many dialects, when it may be a group of different languages.[a]
| Sinitic | |
|---|---|
| Chinese | |
| Ethnicity: | Sinitic peoples |
| Geographic distribution: | China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan |
| Linguistic classification: | Sino-Tibetan
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| Subdivisions: | Macro-Bai ? |
| ISO 639-5: | zhx |
Notes
References
Sources
- Bradley, David (2012), "Languages and Language Families in China", in Rint Sybesma (ed.), Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and Linguistics., Brill
- van Driem, George (2001), Languages of the Himalayas: An Ethnolinguistic Handbook of the Greater Himalayan Region, Brill, ISBN 90-04-10390-2
- Enfield, N. J. (2003), Linguistics Epidemiology: Semantics and Language Contact in Mainland Southeast Asia, Psychology Press, ISBN 0415297435
- Hannas, W. (1997), Asia's Orthographic Dilemma, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 082481892X
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